There is a castle inside the forest. Bags and plastic bags are hanging on the surrounding trees. There are salt oil, turmeric, dal rice, vegetables and changing clothes. The ground is covered with straw and straw. Sitting here, Asharani Tharu and Rampati Tharu cook rice for 20 to 30 people daily in a stone oven.
They have been cooking and feeding the villagers working in the forest since March. Morning and evening meal, afternoon snack, tea are prepared and fed. The heat makes their bodies wet.
``It is for the villagers who live in the forest and cook and feed themselves in the forest,'' Rampati said, ``At this time, work is being done in the forest to cut wood, cut bushes inside the trees, clean them, and make fire lines and fire lines to protect them from fire. Another thing is to save firewood and wild animals from being stolen.' Wake up in the morning and have breakfast with tea After eating, they go to the forest with an ax, sickle, and axe. The officers, members and villagers of the Rahtawal Community Forest Consumer Committee in Kapilvastu Shivraj Municipality-3 and 5 have lived and worked in the forest after the introduction of forest management based on the enhancement system.
This forest is bordered by Arghakhanchi Shitganga municipality. There has been a dispute over the extraction of river products in the Sukbel river on the border of Shivraj in Kapilvastu and Shitganga municipality in Arghakhanchi for years. The Forest Consumer Committee has made a wooden fence nearby and has kept 3 people as watchmen.
"Forest protection and border theft can become predators," Rampati, who is also a member of the Forest Consumer Committee, said, "Three watchmen have been kept to ensure that no one does mischief on the disputed border." We do forest work for all the other consumers from March to June.'
The consumer committee and the village take turns cooking food and working in the forest. "It takes hours to reach the forest from Chandrauta, it is a bit difficult to walk around," Asharani said. By forming a
team, we all work in turn. The old, fallen and crooked trees in the forest have been removed. The consumers also do the work of cutting trees, chipping, and making wood pellets . Wood, firewood is being sold . A new plant is grown in the empty space. When the tree is thinned and taken care of, the plant grows and grows faster.
The forest that has been created by the cultivation system has been fenced and made inaccessible to humans and animals. Where it is made like a garden of trees . The committee has managed all the things like clothes, utensils etc. to live in the jungle. Yagya Belvase, president of
forest, said that three people were kept as forest watchmen near Sukbel river near Arghakhanchi and all the other users work in the forest all day and sleep in the forest at night. In the forest spread over an area of 495 hectares, different plots have been separated and reproduced. Three watchmen get a monthly salary of Rs 15,000. Others are paid Rs 600 per day by the forest committee itself.
"Due to living in the forest at night, there is fear of wood theft and burning," Belvase said, "Despite monitoring at night, wildlife theft and poachers have been stopped." We have protected wild animals like wild boars, zarayos, tigers, rats, and peacocks. He said that forest management based on
enhancement system provides employment, work, income from forests and forest protection to consumers. Timber produced from felled, aged and cut Wangatating trees . There is a rule that 25 percent of forest income should be paid as revenue to the state government. He said that 41 lakh 79 thousand 347 rupees revenue has been paid to Lumbini state government in this financial year.
"After the consumers worked day and night in the forest, the results have been good," he said, "From spring to June, everything is done in the forest, from cutting wood to cleaning the bushes." If you don't live in the forest, you won't be able to work. Therefore, wherever the work is done in the forest, the work is being done by building a hut and staying there.' Thus, the forest management based on the enhancement system has also created employment for the consumers . Every household is getting income from forest. Belvase said that 5,000 of the
consumers have found employment. Consumers earn between 15,000 and 30,000 rupees per month for working. 2,000 people for cutting and moving towards forest management, 440 people for bush cleaning in the regeneration area, Michaha species in plot number 5, 6 and 8 for cleaning 1 thousand 47 people, 700 under control of fire line President Belwase said that 97 people, 1,047 jobs were created in digging fences and poles after cutting. Similarly, he said that 150 people were employed in cleaning and 3 people were employed in the fire brigade.
Social work and development works are being done along with employment for consumers. The committee has distributed stick sirak to 32 old people, sirak to 7 totally disabled, red bear and horlix to 22 pregnant women . Belwase said that works such as opening the track of the highway connecting the village to the village, pitching, running the water supply scheme, distribution of goats and goats have been done. Distributing bicycles to women volunteers and watchmen in a few days, He said that there is a program to distribute goats of advanced breeds.
